BuzzFeed’s 19-year-old quizmaker will no longer work for free

Re:BuzzFeed’s 19-year-old quizmaker will no longer work for ... by lsc on Sunday February 03, 2019 @02:22PM (#19071574)

My argument is that if you pay less than your competitors, you can't expect to hire and retain the best people.

edit: More to the point, I think this idea that people don't work for money is one pushed by management at the expense of the workers, and when I hear employers putting that out there, I assume those employers are... bad to work for, because they think that by being manipulative, they can get you to work for less.

Usually, those employers have less pleasant cultures and pay less than employers who simply pay more than their competition.

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Re:BuzzFeed’s 19-year-old quizmaker will no longer work for ... by jacobolus on Sunday February 03, 2019 @04:24PM (#19072318)

Much of the best work I know about was done as people’s hobby projects, self-selected school projects, self-selected projects funded by some kind of patronage system with money not directly tied to output, etc.

I don’t employ anyone, so you don’t need to worry about whether I would hire you to keep doing your hobby and kill your love for it.

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Re:BuzzFeed’s 19-year-old quizmaker will no longer work for ... by makapuf on Sunday February 03, 2019 @02:53PM (#19071790)

I guess since those mangers are generally well paid they must be bad at what they do.

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